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A SUZURIBAKO [BOX FOR WRITING UTENSILS]
EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
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A SUZURIBAKO [BOX FOR WRITING UTENSILS]
Edo Period (17th Century)
With flush-fitting lid, the cover and sides decorated in gold and silver kinji, hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kirikane, and aogai inlay depicting autumn grasses beyong a garden fence, the suzuri [inkstone] tray with hagi [bush clover] and kikyo [Chinese bellflowers] in hiramaki-e and nashiji, a small copper box with a hinged lid and an iron mizuire depicting a bird on a branch of plum blossom
23.9cm. long
Edo Period (17th Century)
With flush-fitting lid, the cover and sides decorated in gold and silver kinji, hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, kirikane, and aogai inlay depicting autumn grasses beyong a garden fence, the suzuri [inkstone] tray with hagi [bush clover] and kikyo [Chinese bellflowers] in hiramaki-e and nashiji, a small copper box with a hinged lid and an iron mizuire depicting a bird on a branch of plum blossom
23.9cm. long